Customize your PAI GPU & Vapor Expansion Dock

The GPU dock is an add-on graphics enclosure for the PAI Starter. It is the second step on the Starter upgrade path: first fill the second memory slot, then add a dock, then add a second box for bigger models.

It is for Starter owners who outgrow the built-in graphics and want more room for models without replacing the box. The dock sits next to the Starter and connects with a cable. We plan an OCuLink connection, but the OCuLink port is not yet confirmed on the supplier unit, so treat the dock as planned until it is.

Which graphics card, how much graphics memory, and which models it adds are to be confirmed. We will publish measured numbers for the dock stage after prototype testing, the same way as for the base box.

Nothing about privacy changes with the dock. Inference stays on your hardware at home.

You talk to PAI in the PAI app, an installable web app that only your own devices reach over your private network. Signal and Matrix, both end-to-end encrypted, are planned for month 1. Telegram and email work at launch, with a catch: Telegram relays bot chats on its servers and is not end-to-end encrypted, and your mail provider carries your email. WhatsApp and iMessage are optional and unsupported. Inference is local. If you choose WhatsApp or iMessage, Meta or Apple still carry the message.

No PAI account holds your data, and telemetry is off by default. Your personal memory and the search index over your own files live in a SQLite file on the box. Remote access goes through a private overlay network, so nothing listens on public interfaces.

If the port is not confirmed, we will say so before launch rather than sell a dock that does not fit.